241: One push and see (8)
“Why is that bastard…?”
Harsh words came out of Hwaryeong’s mouth. Her feelings toward her brother were thus hostile.
A harsh curse came out of her pretty lips, but Cheol-woo and Geum-ryong were not surprised. On the contrary, I felt a strange charm in her appearance as she swears.
“Why would you? It must be because it needs a power supply. Jesu!”
“Daeyoung Group’s heirs need urgent dispatch? Would I be able to play and eat for the rest of my life with just the stock that fell in front of me?”
Even with Geumryong’s answer, her question was not resolved. The group’s stock price was also stable, and there were no new investments or accidents.
“Eat some jjamppong first. Then I will burn.”
“Is this jjampong a problem now?”
“If you don’t eat now, you won’t have time to eat later. Don’t talk too much, just eat it.”
“Ah! I went on a date with a lot of effort, and I just lost my mood because of that damn bastard.”
Hurry! Hororok!
She took off the plastic with wooden chopsticks, and licked her mouth and inhaled the noodles to the fullest. Geum-ryong, who looked at her with her mouth open, said, ‘After all, a woman must be pretty! Look, I don’t hate you no matter what you do!’ I remembered a strange belief.
“At the same time, the taste is still there. shit!”
“right? Because this is a hidden restaurant. Huh!”
Cheol-woo wiped his lips with a tissue and smiled. No matter how expensive and delicious it was, there was nothing strangely beyond this jjamppong and company restaurant.
Hororok! Clap cack!
“Ah, the broth is stuck in my throat.”
“ruler! Drinks here.”
For her coughing in the spicy broth, he poured soda into a paper cup. As she accepted it, she rolled her eyes.
“What is it that makes people flutter…”
“Why do you hate doing this?”
“Is that possible?”
“Damn, I have to keep my eyes open to seeing this in my office…”
Geumryong lamented seeing the two of them flirting. Lately, I’ve been busy with my shopping, so I’ve had little access to nightclubs, and in the meantime, the girl I used to flirt with disappeared.
Due to the nature of the industry, hijacking and transfers were frequent, but the end of the thumb was always disappointing. With such an empty heart, the two kites set fire, and his blood pressure had no choice but to rise.
“Tell me now. What is that bastard trying to do?”
“Didn’t you feel strange about your department store stocks these days?”
“It feels strange…? Well, I don’t think there’s anything except for the short selling ratio a little bit higher.”
“Why do you think the short selling ratio has risen?”
“That’s right, the sales of our luxury stores have increased these days. Therefore, the ratio of foreign investment naturally increased, and as the stock price rose sharply, the short selling ratio naturally rose… Hang on…, maybe?”
As a perfectionist, she couldn’t afford to neglect the company’s stock. Because she was a workaholic who made things that didn’t exist, she was more thorough in managing the inside and outside of the company than anyone else.
Then, when she was asked a question from Cheol-woo, she recalled data about the company in her head. As she followed her memories one by one, a dangerous scenario popped up in her mind.
“Yeah, what if someone had been preparing for that short sale a few months ago…?”
“But it’s normal, isn’t it? Our department store doesn’t have the material to crash.”
“If it were normal, it would be. But what if your brother is in a hurry to make something up…? For example, tax evasion or illegal transactions are leaked to the media. Of course it doesn’t have to be true. We just need to create an excuse to bring down the stock price.”
“In order to manipulate the stock price, there must be an insider . . . shit! That bastard also has stock in our department store, and department store and hotel executives are full of people who will stick with him.”
“Your brother has no stock to hold and shake. I borrowed money from him with that as collateral.”
“Then I’m glad. Because you can’t shake the stock price of a department store with only 30 billion won.”
“But if the first and second members of Kangho’s group participate in it, the story will be different.”
“Why are those bastards again?”
“They need money because they are bitten by the pharaohs, too.”
“So, I will dare to rip my department store and eat it. Because we’re at odds with each other… Puffy!”
Whoops!
The wooden chopsticks she was holding broke. She had been stabbed by a broken tree thorn, and blood spurted from her hand.
“pup! It’s always been like that. I always blamed my mom and me when something went wrong. And then he was persistently harassed in the back. I don’t even like tea. But are you going to do it again?”
Her eyes gleamed blue with resentment. The resentment that had been built up over the years was bursting out all at once.
“I’m never going to be nice to you this time. I’m going to show that bastard that I’m not a young kid.”
“Yeah, I’ll help too. So I was going to meet you, but I came to you first. It’s just the right time.”
“I won’t dictate. I’m going to show you a very strong taste this time. So much so that you will never be able to look at me again.”
She showed melancholy eyes. He shook her head as he took her hand and wiped the drops of blood with her tissue.
“If you’re going to take care of him, you’ll have to stop his breath altogether. If it’s going to be awkward, I’d rather not do it.”
“…but I still don’t have the strength to drive him out…”
“Strength or conditions are for later. First, you need to set a clear goal. Do you want to go through something like this again? Or is it that you still don’t want to end it because it’s a bloodline?”
Shaking my head!
She shook her head resolutely. The bond of blood had already disappeared with the death of her mother.
But deep in her heart, there was a fear of her brother and father. Like her childhood trauma, it was binding on her reason.
“I threw away things like bloodlines a while ago. I was just holding out for practical reasons.”
“Then just focus on taking your brother’s breath away. I will make the rest for you.”
He smiled and said with a sterilization treatment and a band attached to the medicine box that Geumryong brought. Looking at his face, she asked.
“Why are you being so nice to me?”
“Because I Love You! And a little sorry…?”
“···Sheesh! I must have been caught tightly in your net…”
“don’t worry! Because there is no such thing as not feeding the fish you catch.”
“huh! You set up a very fish farm.”
“Once, shall we? Huh!”
“If you do, you will really die and I will live!”
“Hey, be scared!”
The two’s eyes were tightly intertwined. Seeing this, Geumryong vowed to find a new business today.
“Sheesh! But what else are you going to do?”
Cheol-woo murmured and entered a convenience store in Incheon alone. Hwaryeong, who returned to battle mode, immediately returned to the company saying that it cannot be left alone.
Being alone again, Cheol-woo pondered where he would go. In the company, Director Yang and Chairman Kang will be waiting for him because he is thirsty.
Knowing that, I had no intention of going back to work. And he was past lunch time anyway, so he was about to leave work when he returned.
Linda was still busy with her official schedule. Her, especially in her political circle, was all about trying to get a hold of American politics through her.
In this case, there is no other party. In order to remove obstacles to future business, it was a place where I had to force myself to attend even if I didn’t like it.
‘Then I’ll take a picture of the Incheon shopping mall construction site and take a look around Pharaoh.’
After eating, my throat was very dry. After choosing a few cool drinks from the convenience store refrigerator, Cheol-woo headed to the checkout counter.
Beep!
“I’m sorry, kid, this card says low balance.”
“Then, subtract this from the calculation.”
The two children standing in front of the cashier were bewildered and said to the clerk. She asked the girl to pay the bill again, minus the triangular gimbap, milk, and bread that the girl had brought.
However, the balance was insufficient again. The card the clerk was holding was a local meal card for undernourished children.
“Still not. This is true!”
The clerk also had a puzzled expression on his face. The girl, who looked about ten years old, grabbed her bewildered brother’s hand and again drained her milk.
Then, looking back at Cheol-woo behind him, he bowed his head as if sorry.
However, the meal card still showed only an indication that the balance was insufficient. The girl, who had lost her last hope, shook her head and took her meal card.
“Sister, what about kimbap?”
“I can’t live without money. When Daddy comes, I’ll buy it then.”
“When is Daddy coming?”
The girl did not raise her head. She bit her little lip to see if she couldn’t even see her tears because it was in front of her brother.
“Can I count now?”
“Yes, sorry. mister.”
The two little boys bowed their heads to apologize as if they were sorry for the delay. Leaving those children behind, Cheol-woo stood in front of the cash register.
“You guys stay there for a second! And drink, and pay for everything here.”
I summoned the children who were about to walk helplessly. He even counted the kimbap and food the children left behind.
“ruler! This is yours.”
Triangular gimbap, milk, and bread in an envelope were handed out to the front, but the girl did not readily accept it. The boy, who had been holding her sister’s hand as if she was hungry, continued to watch her sister’s eyes.
“it’s okay! Since your uncle is buying it, just take it. hurry···.”
“thank you!”
Seeing her hungry brother’s face, the girl pretended not to win and received the envelope.
“But can I ask you one thing?”
“Why did you buy triangular gimbap, milk, and bread, you don’t think you’ll be satisfied with that?”
“…if you want to eat without side dishes, this is the best.”
At the child’s answer, something inside came up in tears. My stomach swelled with emotions I didn’t know.
In a city swept away by war, there were many starving children like this. But this was not a battlefield, nor was it a desert where food was scarce.
‘Sibol, what about advanced countries? OECD, Nabal, and starving children should not exist. Shit!’
There was a swear word that I did not know who was doing it. In any case, it was clear that this was not the children’s fault.
“Do you guys live around here?”
The girl was very wary of Cheol-woo’s question. She unconsciously pulled her brother behind herself, giving her a suspicious look.
“It’s a secret, but you’re actually a spare Santa Claus. I’m in disguise now and went to practice in advance.”
“Lie, you don’t have a beard, do you?”
The clumsy setting made the girl more wary, but the younger brother immediately fell for his words. But she quickly realized that it was a lie because of Cheol-woo’s smooth face.
“So that’s why you’re called a spare Santa. I don’t have a beard yet, so I’m not an official Santa.”
“Then when do you become Santa?”
“Yeah, it should be snowing. Then all of a sudden the beard just grows. Huh!”
“How much later?”
“Yeah, just later! Then I’ll ride the sled to the good boy and just hand out presents.”
“I listen to my sister very well, and she’s kind!”
“Yeah, good boy. What’s your name?”
“It’s Hoseok. Hoseok Kim!”
“Yes, Hoseok. Hoseok is a good child, so he will definitely receive a present.”
“then! But it hasn’t snowed yet, so I can’t give you a present.”
“I can wait until it snows. Even if I miss my dad, I just hold on to it. Is that your sister?”
“Our Hoseok is really nice. But this guy has a bad head, so I can’t remember her well. That’s why I keep forgetting who to give the gift to. So, I want to give a present to Kim I met today, how about Hoseok-in?”
“I love it!”
“Then what gift would you like to receive?”
“···Yes, it’s my sister’s clothes. Warm clothes!”
“Then you?”
“I’m done. My sister gave me warm clothes.”
As Hoseok-i said, the younger brother was wearing several layers of thick clothes. But the child’s older sister was only wearing an old sweater.
“Then this Santa Uncle will give Hoseok and noona a present in advance. But I left a bag of presents. So I’m thinking of buying some clothes in front of you. Are you fine?”
Hoseok nodded his head coldly, but the girl just stood there without saying a word. She could clearly see that she was torn between her sudden arrival of luck and her vigilance that she should not trust an adult.
Cheol-woo stroked the girl’s head. And he said in a low voice.
“I mean, it’s an opportunity. You have to grab it as soon as it arrives. A missed opportunity will never come again. So, don’t hesitate and grab your chance first. After that, you can hold onto it and think about it.”
“… well, thank you.”
He was a special child. That alone deserved the gift.
Cheol-woo, who broke up with the children, called Geum-ryong. He gave me warm clothes and pocket money, and paid a few months’ worth of food to a nearby restaurant in advance.
“It’s me! Mayor of Incheon, bring that bastard to the island immediately.”
“What are you talking about out of the blue?”
“Don’t talk too much, get it quickly! I turned around for a while. Sibal!”
After hanging up the phone, Cheol-woo stepped on the accelerator as hard as he could. He wanted to go ahead and fill the drum with some ice water.